GO ENGINEER (Independent Contractor)

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Go Backend Engineer to join the team responsible for transforming the platform into a multi-tenant, event-driven architecture. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with Go microservices, distributed data flows, and Kubernetes-based deployments in cloud environments.

This role involves designing and developing backend services, integrating real-time messaging pipelines, ensuring high observability standards, and collaborating with platform, data, and DevOps teams.

Technical Requirements

• 5+ years of backend software development experience.
• Strong professional experience with Go (Golang).
• Practical experience designing or maintaining microservices.
• Experience with Redis and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with event-driven messaging systems such as Apache Pulsar (preferred), Kafka, or NATS.
• Hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes, including deployments, scaling, and configuration.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of data pipelines, ETL, streaming, or data governance concepts.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Python (especially for data workflows).
• Experience with Ruby on Rails ecosystem or background.
• Experience implementing observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Experience designing multi-tenant data architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Go microservices powering the data platform.
• Integrate services with Apache Pulsar (or equivalent streaming tools) to support real-time data distribution.
• Ensure observability and reliability through logging, metrics, and tracing.
• Deploy and maintain services in Kubernetes environments across cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Platform, and DevOps teams during architecture and implementation stages.
• Participate in technical discussions, code reviews, and performance optimizations.

Work location: work can be performed remotely from EUROPE.

Work format: Independent Contractor

 

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